Ventilating device for garbage, ash, and refuse trucks



Aug. z5, 1931-. A, F. MASURY VENTILATING DE-VICE FOR GARBAGE, ASH, ANP REFUSE TRUCKS Filed March 21I 1930 Patented ug. 25, 193i ALFRED E. MASUBY, F

COMPANY, F' NEW YORK,

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VENTILATING DEVICE 'FR GARBAGEfASZH, AN`IilFTSB]"TRUCKS Application filed March 2l, 1930. Serial No. 437,797.

The present invention relates to vmotor vehicles and embodies, more specifically, an improved vehicle of the commercial class adapted to transport, refuse, etc. 5 cifically, the invention embodies an improved Ventilating device for v-ehicles of the above character and incorporatesin the Ventilating structure, a portion of the usual cooling mechanism for the engine.

odor caused by open trucks collecting garage, etc., and the present invention seeks to provide a vehicle for collecting and transporting such material without causing any offensive odors to be present in the vicinity of the Vehicle. l

An object of the invention, accordingly, is to provide a vehicle for collecting and transporting refuse, etc., such vehicle being so constructed as to prevent the existence of offensive odors in the vicinity thereof.

A further object of the inventionis to pro- Vide a vehicle of the above character having. 1

a closedbody and a Ventilating device by means of which the offensive odors usually present are eliminated. v

A further object of the invention is to provide a Ventilating device for closed vehicle bodiesv of the above character by means ofwhich the engine cooling system is employed to ventilate the clos-ed body and prevent the existence of offensive odors in the vicinity thereof.

Further objects, not specifically enumerated above` will be apparentes the invention is described in.y greater detail in connec-n tion with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 isa View in side elevation show 3 ing a vehicle provided withl a closed body and a Ventilating system constructed in accordance with the present invention. Figure 2 is a View in section, taken through o the Ventilating device shown in Figure l.y

Referring to the above drawings, a tractor is shown at 0; having an internal combustion engine, the cooling of which is effected by means of a radiator b. A squirrel cage fan is shown at c for directing a flow of cooling More spe-` Little need be said of the disagreeable .joint e air through the radiator in vawell known manner. l e

Mounted upon a fifth wheel d is ay trailer e which is preferably provided with'a closed body f hinged at g for dumping in the usual manner. A dumping mechanism L may be provided and is driven in any well known manner, the details of such drivek forming no part of the present invention.

Communicating with the forward end of the closed body f is a Ventilating duct c' formed with a reduced and flanged port i, as shownin Figure 2. Upon the forward extremity of the trailer frame e, an air cleaning chamber j is provided, this chamber having an aperture j at the upper extremity thereof: and carrying a sealing washer j2. Under normal conditions, the port z" of the Ventilating duct c' rests yupon the sealing washer .7'2 and thus affords a communication between the closed body f and the chamber j.

An air duct c is carried ybythe tractor and arovides communication between the fan c and the bottom of the chamber A universal preferably constitutes the connection between duct k and chamber in order to accommodate the movement of the trailer with respect to the tractor, the universal joint being in the axis of the Afifth wheel d.

Within the chamber, alternate staggered baffles l7'3 ,are provided, oiled screens j* being associated therewith to filter and clean the air as it passes through the chamber y'. These screens are of graduated meshes preferably varying from one quarter inchy to one sixty fourth vinch mesh. y

- From the foregoing, it will be seen thatthe NEW YORK, N. YAssiGNon..mo .finzrnanncrionnnmomn fan c draws air from the body f through the cleaner j and forces it through the engine radiator to effect the cooling of the water in the usual manner. In this manner, the body fwill. be effectively ventilated and no offensive odors will be present in the Vicinity of theV Vehicle. Y.

While the invention has been described with specific reference to the accompanying drawings, it is not to be limited, save as defined the appended claim.

I claim as my invention: y

lA tractor, a flow creating means thereon, a

trailer mounted on the tractor through a fifth wheel connection, a, closed body hingedly mounted on the tra-iler for dumping, an air cleaner on the trailer coaxial with the fifth Wheel, a duct between the flow creating means and the cleaner, a universal joint connecting the duct With the cleaner, and a duct removable from the cleaner und communicating between the cleaner and body.

This specification signed this 18th day of March A. D. 1930.

ALFRED F. MASURY. 

